MORAVIAN COLLEGE WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM RANKED 11TH IN ATLANTIC SOUTH REGION

SKILLMAN, NJ --- The Moravian College women’s tennis team has been ranked 11th in the Atlantic South Region of NCAA Division III by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s 2006 fall rankings.

A total of 25 schools received regional rankings in the Atlantic South.

Moravian completed its 2005 fall season with an overall record of 12-1 record, won the Commonwealth Conference Championship and earned a berth in the 2007 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. The Greyhounds, who have played in the conference championship match for 13 straight years and captured eight conference titles since 1994, had three players win flights at the 2006 Middle Atlantic State Collegiate Athletic Corporation Individual Championships.

The Greyhounds will play five matches in the spring season beginning in April as the team prepares for its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in May.

2006 Fall ITA Atlantic South Regional Rankings:

1. Emory University (GA)
2. Washington & Lee University (VA)
3. University of the South (TN)
4. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
5. University of Mary Washington (VA)
6. Swarthmore College (PA)
7. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
8. Rhodes College (TN)
9. Washington (MD) College
10. Salisbury (MD) University
11. Moravian College (PA)
12. Elizabethtown College (PA)
13. Christopher Newport University (VA)
14. Franklin & Marshall College (PA)
15. Methoist (NC) College
16. Grove City College (PA)
17. Wilkes University (PA)
18. Muhlenberg College (PA)
19. Haverford College (PA)
20. Huntingdon College (AL)
21. Virginia Wesleyan College (VA)
22. Centre College (KY)
23. Hollins University (VA)
24. Mississippi College (MS)
25. Meredith College (NC)